Many useful insights into the publishing process. . . . This book does provide an aspiring author with an excellent basic overview of the publishing system and how it works to serve both authors and publishers. It speaks to the ′business of publishing′ by offering concrete examples. . . . The chapter on ′writing a book′ is full of useful guidelines on what constitutes a publishable book…
When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Ti…
Luther Fox, a loner, haunted by his past, makes his living as an illegal fisherman, a shamateur. Before everyone in his family was killed in a freak rollover, he grew melons and played guitar in the family band. Robbed of all that, he has turned his back on music. There's too much emotion in it, too much memory and pain. One morning Fox is observed poaching by Georgie Jutland. Chance, or a kin…
Sebagai buku Pram pertama saya, Gulat Di Jakarta berhasil membuka mata dan hati tentang cara memaknai hidup dengan sederhana. Berulang kali Pram menegaskan kejujuran sebagai nilai yang menjadi landasan manusia menjalani kehidupan. Bukan hanya sekadar untuk hidup, melainkan untuk mencapai ketenangan jiwa dan raga itu sendiri. Pram membawakan buku ini dengan narasi yang ringan ditambah latar yang…
"In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves behind Dublin, his family and the girl he plans to marry in order to enlist in the Allied forces and face the Germans on the Western Front. Once there he encounters violence on a scale he could not have imagined and sustains his spirit with only the words on the pages from home and the camaraderie of the mud-covered Irish boys who fight …
Novel ini merupakan satu dari beberapa dokumen klasik yang penting pra-Indonesia dan merekam secara baik sepak terjang sejarah tanam paksa di teritori kolonial india pada tengahan abad 19 hingga menjelang peralihan abad 20, khususnya masyarakat gula di Jawa Tengah (Sukaraja)
This brief, practical guide illustrates the most common kinds of business correspondence that a university professor is required to produce and offers useful advice to make these communications as effective as possible. The author also offers general suggestions on effective writing, including brainstorming and collaborating, persuasion, outlining and revising, and designing documents.